Symbian’s Source Code Won’t Compile

Earlier this month,
jaxenter.com reported that the Symbian Foundation had announced
the completion of its effort to open source the platform’s 33
million lines of source code. This seemed to bode well for the open
sourcing effort: Symbian had originally scheduled the project’s
completion for June 2010.

However, Symbian have now revealed in a blog post that there are still some packages that
don’t compile with either the GNU ARM toolchain or the RVCT
toolchain. They are calling for volunteers to help them ensure
Symbian’s kernel can be compiled with free software. Encouragingly,
the Foundation has received messages of support for its open
sourcing endeavour, from both the Free Software Foundation and the
Software Freedom Law Center.

To take a look at the smartphone source code, please visit the
Symbian Developer web portal.